The Brisbane Lions might have signalled their intention to draft each of Josh Clayton, Liam Dawson, and Harris Andrews under the provisions of the Father-Son and Academies Rule, however their passage to the Club is far from guaranteed.

Rival clubs will still have the opportunity to bid on the services of Clayton, Dawson, and Andrews from 10am this Monday 6 October – immediately prior to the commencement of the NAB AFL Trade Period.

The Lions will, however, have the final say in whether their nominated player will don the maroon, blue and gold next season.

The Lions will head into Monday’s Bidding Meeting with picks 4 (first round), 24 (second round), 41 (third round), 60 (fourth round), 78 (fifth round), 96 (sixth round), and 114 (seventh round).

The bidding process will work as follows:

Each other club in the competition has the option to bid, in reverse ladder order, for the nominated players. 

If a bid is made, the Club that nominated the Father-Son or Academy player must use its next available selection if it wishes to retain its hold on the player.

If a Club nominating the Father-Son or Academy player declines to match the selection nominated, the Club with the successful bid must use that selection at the NAB AFL Draft to select the player. 

Any Club that makes a successful bid on a Father-Son or Academy selection is bound to the selection they nominate. 

If no bid is made by another Club, the Club that nominated the Father-Son or Academy eligible player will forfeit its last selection in the NAB AFL Draft to select the player.

Please note that the compensation selections that have been activated by the Clubs for the upcoming 2014 NAB AFL Draft are not part of the bidding process.

The following players have been nominated under the provisions of the Father-Son Rule:

Josh Clayton (Sandringham Dragons), nominated by Brisbane Lions FC, son of Scott, 160 games for Fitzroy 1981-90.

Zaine Cordy (Geelong Falcons), nominated by Western Bulldogs FC, son of Brian, 124 games 1981-88.

Darcy Moore (Oakleigh Chargers), nominated by Collingwood FC, son of Peter, 172 games 1974-82.

Billy Stretch (Glenelg), nominated by Melbourne FC, son of Steven, 164 games, 1986-93.

Alec Waterman (Claremont), nominated by West Coast Eagles FC, son of Chris, 177 games, 1988-98.

The following players have been nominated under the provisions of the Club Academies Rule:

Harris Andrews (Brisbane Lions Academy / Aspley Hornets, Wilston Grange).

Liam Dawson (Brisbane Lions Academy / Aspley Hornets, Wilston Grange).

Jeremy Finlayson (GWS Giants Academy / Sydney Hills Eagles).

Jack Steele (GWS Giants Academy / Belconnen Magpies).

Abaina Davis (Sydney Swans Academy / UNSW).

Isaac Heeney (Sydney Swans Academy / NSW TAC Cup).

Jack Hiscox (Sydney Swans Academy / Sydney University).

The following players have been nominated under the provisions of the Father-Son Rookie Pre-Selection Rule:

Jake Long (St Marys NT/Scotch College), nominated by Essendon FC, son of Michael, 190 games, 1989-2001.

The following players have been nominated under the provisions of the Club Academy Player Rookie Pre-Selection Rule.

Brisbane Lions: Darcy Cameron-Reeves (Morningside), Matthew Hammelmann (Morningside), Daniel Henderson (Maroochydore), William Kristelly (Maroochydore), Cameron Stevenson (Aspley), Matthew Ubergang (Western Magpies).

Gold Coast Suns: Ryan Agita (Broadbeach), Robert Blood (Southport Sharks), James Farley-Smith (Surfers Paradise), Cassidy Haberfield (Surfers Paradise), Isaac Hay (Broadbeach), James Holland (Southport), Tom Michael (Redland), Dylan Mutu (Surfers Paradise), Braydon Preuss (Surfers Paradise).

GWS Giants: Logan Austin (Belconnen Magpies), Nicholas Coughlin (Albury Tigers), Thomas Faul, Liam Griffiths, Brydan Hodgson (Lavington), Dougal Howard (Albury Tigers), Mitchell Mahady, Michael Mattingly (Corowa-Rutherglen).

Sydney Swans: Michael Dickson, Jordan Foote (UNSW), Zachary Fyffe (North Shore), Vahid Roser (UNSW), Bradley Watson (Pennant Hills).